There’s a good chance things are going to get worse before they get better.A Facebook memory popped up today to remind me that three years ago, I was covering Hurricane Harvey. The wind blew out the windows of the news car.Luckily, I was stopped at the time. I was, however, on the phone with another reporter who…
We’ve had a tough few weeks. For Labor Day weekend, I was in Nashville, celebrating an associate’s bachelor party.The group was gathered at an establishment frequented by gentlemen at bachelor parties. I was sitting with a young lady, discussing our common interests, while an associate within earshot was flipping through his phone.”It just happened again. This…
The blog has once again fallen into disarray. I’ve been borderline busy covering hurricanes in various cities for the past two weeks. These hurricanes have not been particularly funny, leaving me few options to write light-hearted musings about the world today.At the risk of feeling ways about stuff, a professor in college once showed us a video…
This week, Texas is running an elaborate evacuation drill that aims to see how we’ve improved from the way we scattered during Hurricane Rita and Ike.The state worked with the Salvation Army and local agencies, flying mock evacuees from a disaster in El Paso to DFW.The disaster was, I swear, the disaster was called Hurricane…
Hola, amigos. I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya, but things have been crazy for your ol’ pal Scaia.It started, as craziness often does, in the Houston area. I was sent to cover the arrival of Tropical Storm Bill. The last time I spent the night along the Galveston sea wall was for…